Michael Ball. Alfie Boe. Together live in concert. Review done. For what more really needs to be said? This is an incredible concert with two incredible theatre superstars, and it is truly an unmissable experience. The evening opens with the “Somewhere” overture from West Side Story before Ball and Boe take to the stage. The…
Scattered throughout the varying levels of the Ian Potter Museum of Art, 36 singers stand lining the outskirts of the towering stair case wearing metallic-sliver hooded capes. As a Cellist plays, coloured lights flicker on and off, mirroring the rotating sound of the chorus who send their voices echoing throughout the open space. A Galaxy…
Long known as one of Sydney’s most anticipated celebrations of beer and cider, the Australian Beer Festival is making its way back to The Australian Heritage Hotel in The Rocks for two-and-a-half days of partying driven by the country’s best brewers. Kicking off on Friday 13th and wrapping up Sunday 15th October, the festival will…
Spring is here and what better way to kick off a sunny afternoon than with a cocktails in hand, plate of antipasti in the other, and the musical sounds of soul resonating an enchanting city courtyard. You can at Sydney’s hip city small bar, Since I Left You, who are bringing back their SILY Sessions,…
WOMADelaide has come out the gate swinging with their first line up for 2018, bringing out big guns Anoushka Shankar and Kamasi Washington alongside the likes of Rodrigo y Gabriela, The Avalanches and Dan Sultan for what’s looking to be another stellar year out in Adelaide’s Botanic Park. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0K9niyHgsI 18 artists have been announced to perform over the long weekend…
The first line up for next year’s SXSW music festival dropped in the early hours, unveiling an impressive list of global names set to be performing in and around Austin, Texas, from March 12th – 18th. Returning names include the likes of Shamir, Marlon Williams and Milk & Bone, while the Australian contingent boasts some of our favourite established and…
Melbourne’s Saskwatch have linked up with the good folk at Headspace Australia to bring more awareness to mental health – particularly within the music community. The band themselves have had a cracker year; the release of Manual Override has seen Saskwatch well and truly thrust back into the national spotlight and with a national tour kicking off this…
The BET HipHop Awards have the internet in a tizz, with the awards taking place in the US right now. Eyes have turned to see how many Kendrick stands to clean up and whether Cardi B will reign supreme as 2017’s breakthrough star but safe to say, it was Eminem who came through at took the spotlight for…
Is it Sugar Mountain time yet? Well, no, there’s still a few months to go until the eclectic music and arts festival descends on the Victorian College of the Arts, but the festival organisers were sitting on a line up too hot to keep under wraps. Bringing in this tasty line up is the return…
Sampa the Great has continued to surge forward in the final months of 2017; just recently, she has been announced as the main support for Joey Bada$$‘ European tour and along with her latest travel plans, Sampa has been revelling in the release of new music, with her newest single coming in form of “Rhymes to…
It was roots’ music night of nights celebrating the First Annual Australian Americana Music Honours Night at Thornbury Theatre in Melbourne on October 2nd. Performing was Kasey Chambers, Old Crow Medicine Show, Valerie June with Busby Marou, Shane Howard, Bernard Fanning, Catherine Britt, Kevin Welch, Henry Wagons, Emily Barker, Ruby Boots and Jordie Lane & The Sleepers.
Breathe is a love letter from producer, Jonathan Cavendish to his inspiring parents. The film is a bio-pic that chronicles the enduring love that this couple shared for each other as well as their refusal to give up in the face of a devastating disease. This story is an important one that is a testament…
Aussie duo Hockey Dad have found quite a bit of love for themselves in the US and Canada, and from later this month they’ll be capitalising on that for a massive tour around the North American countries. The tour begins up north in the Canadian city of Calgary, on the 24th of October 2017, and…
A luxury resort is coming to the South Vietnamese island of Phu Quoc, and is expected to open along the shore strip of Bai Dai Beach later this year. Created by the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, the Radisson Blu Resort is part of an integrated resort, catering to a host of recreational and corporate activities including a…
Nestled within the heart of Singapore’s cultural district, there is an Art Deco building that boasts the tagline: If You Must Get In Trouble, Do It At The Vagabond. A provocative way to sell a hotel, particularly in a cultural hub like Singapore, but this boutique hotel definitely gets away from it. Located a roughly 20…
The world is full of incredible destinations – plenty of which you know well. But the number of gems this wonderful planet has to offer that you don’t know is immeasurable. Here’s just six of them…. Thousand Islands (Gananoque, Canada) Once you behold the majesty of this region, you’d be surprised to know that even…
Beloved Australian eyewear brand Oscar Wylee, which has showrooms all throughout the East Coast, will once again be heading into World Sight Day by donating 100% of all gross profits earned on the day to not-for-profit charity partner Sight For All. All purchases made from Oscar Wylee’s ten retail and online stores on Thursday 12th…
Golden Vessel, easily one of Australia’s favourite young producers, has stepped further into the spotlight, collaborating with Gold Coast filmmaking crew 24.works on a new music documentary series that highlights not only the latter’s penchant for producing unique and slick visual content, but takes fans behind the scenes in learning more about the Golden man himself….
With all the buzz around the ARIAs kicking off today, the National Live Music Awards got in just ahead of them with the massive unveiling of their nominees for 2017. During their official event in Sydney overnight, nominees across 54 categories were revealed, with the ladies of Australian music coming through strongly in holding the lion’s…
You may have copped our premiere of Adelaide musician Alana Jagt‘s single “Somehow, Sometime” recently, a great shift in direction from Jagt, who has already established herself as an artist to watch. Today, we’re stepping things up in sharing with you Jagt’s long awaited EP Wilderness. Set to be released on October 14th, the EP has been…
Bec Sandridge has existed as one of Australia’s most intriguing emerging artists. Refining her music over the past year has seen Sandridge flourish into a pop maverick; her lyricism sharpened, her musicality encompassing a vibrant spectrum of sound and colour. Her latest single, “I’ll Never Want a BF”, is another example of the above. The…
There is a market for anniversary tours, reunions, not to mention tours that bring out droves of music fans who are looking for a bit of a trip down memory lane. Back to a time when triple j was ‘still good‘, when Magic Dirt were upheld as one of the pillars of Australian rock and…
Aaaand the countdown to the 2017 ARIA Awards is officially on, with not only the full list of nominees announced in Sydney today, but also the winners of the Fine Arts, Artisan and Comedy categories revealed too. Statistically speaking, 2017 is Paul Kelly and Gang of Youths‘ year, with both artists striking out against the pack with Kelly…
It’s exciting to see how far Casey Donovan has come! If you’ve read her autobiography, you’d know of her struggles and journey she’s taken over the last twelve-years of being in the spotlight. After her recent I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! win; she’s on the road with her Off the Grid…
While its numbers weren’t quite as strong in the US as was expected, Blade Runner 2049, the follow-up to Ridley Scott‘s 1982 film, sits comfortably in its opening week in Australia at no. 1, earning $4.52m, with a screen average of $9,093 across 498 screens. It’s a fan favourite for both cinema-goers and critics alike – we’ve already…
An indie hit in the US and on the international Festival circuit, Ingrid Goes West stars Aubrey Plaza as Ingrid Thorburn an unhinged social media stalker who sets her sights on Taylor Sloane (Elizabeth Olsen) an Instagram-famous “influencer” whose perfectly curated, boho-chic lifestyle becomes Ingrid’s latest obsession. When Ingrid moves to LA and manages to…
Until the day when Pixel Buds are so finessed that we no longer need those streaming lines of text, subtitles will be (for most of us) our one entry to foreign films. It’s rare though for subtitles to impact the film in any other way, but in Yannis Sakaridis’s Amerika Square, those flashing words do…
At a time when most animated programmes are crass, cruel or just plain depressing, it’s heartening to know that a show like Bob’s Burgers appears on our screens. The colourful hand-drawn sitcom follows the inane adventures of Bob Belcher (voice of H. Jon Benjamin) as he and his family try to operate their fast-food restaurant…
This is Desmondo Ray!, a six-part web series has won the award for Best Animated Series at the International Academy of Web Television Awards in Los Angeles. Described as the Emmy’s for web series, there is no doubt this is a prestigious award. Created and directed by Australian filmmaker, Steve Baker, the series has also…
The Stan original series Wolf Creek has gotten a chilling new teaser for its six-part series that will release exclusively on Stan this Summer. After a hugely successful first season, Actor John Jarratt (Wolf Creek, Django Unchained) will once again fill the boots of terrifying outback killer Mick Taylor. The teaser shows us tourists riding…
